Quick Selection Tool Doesn't Use Shift in the Expected Manner

Generally speaking, if you click somewhere with a tool that you stroke on an image, then hold the Shift key down and click somewhere else, the tool will be stroked in a straight line from the prior point to the current point. This is very handy under certain conditions.
However, I was just using the Quick Selection Tool to select the shadow of a microphone, and lo and behold an attempt to drag it along a straight line by holding down the Shift key did nothing.
It would be nice if this tool would work like all the others, and stroke a line between where it was and where it's currently being clicked if the Shift key is held down.
-Noel

I guess I can see the conflict (Shift to add vs. Shift to stroke), but honestly I have learned to use the Quick Selection tool with the default "press nothing and it adds, press Alt and it subtracts" setting, and just never found a use for the mode change.
If you're curious about what I was trying to select, it was the microphone stand shadow on a white suit... And to be fair it was just a little more elbow grease to get the job done without the shift stroke capability.
-Noel

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